What the fuck is this Itagaki? Is he going senile? Nothing about Baki looks right. >Flat head>AI Hand>Short autism Trex Arms>Long neck>Giant head>Long chin>Wide eyes and mouth>Narrow shoulders
The real question that needs to be fucking answered is where's the fucking dump for yesterdays chapter release?!
>>285654848guess we're waiting for the translation
>>285653525>T-Rex ArmsHE HAS MASTERED DINO STYLE
>>285653525Years and years ago, when I first learned of Baki, I wrote off the manga because the character artstyle was so hideous. Assuming OP's picture is like the latest volume cover, then it's only gotten worse since then. Holy fuck that looks dysgenic as fuck.
>>285655195You were filtered by kino
Another shitpost of a chapterSasuga Itagaki
>>285655195You are not the chosen people anon
its called aging baki is developing his unc body it will happen to you one day
>>285655195Itagaki has always had a stranger art style, but his understanding of anatomy was literally 2nd to none, he understood how joints bend, how muscles ripple and weight shifts. Now it's like he has no idea what he's doing anymore and it just symbol drawing. Also the scans were shit back in the day, we're only now just getting good ones from the literal peak of Itagaki's entire art career.
>>285653525It's what makes it special
>>285655295Shut your mouth, zoomie
>>285653525it appeals to homos.
>>285655402You are one
He has always done a few wonkier drawings. Volume 6 cover for Rahen is just fine, and every other chapter cover he releases.
>>285655299holy pseud. Baki is kino but you should lay down Itagaki's pipe
>>285653525>AI HandWhat the fuck are you talking about?
>>285656512It's an art term for shit looking hands
>>285656321I don't read baki.
>>285653525>ITT brainlets not getting the metaphor
>>285653525SMASHEDANDSLAMMED
>>285653525>those lips
>dumps the wrong chapter because it's saved to the same folder
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>>285657053Weak bitch
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>>285653525He hasn't been drawing the series for years, hence the "Itagakumi" on every chapter.
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>>285655195You're not missing anything. Baki, just like Juan Piss, can only be enjoyed by literal retards.
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>>285658697Jej wait a minutethose lips
>>285656626>art termMore like terminally online retard term
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>>285659391The softest of tap, Doppio's future grandkids didn't even feel it.
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>>285659362>just starts licking his opponent’s fingers and touching his genitalsOrochi just brought Japanese martial arts into its 501st year
>>285659648>arc about nothing ends>break next weekITAGAKI FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
>>285659362Is this martial arts?
They still didn't explain the fucking teleport
>>285659362Uuuuh... overwhelming victory for chinese martial arts?
>>285659362>shinogi biting jacks ear>doppo licking katsumis fingerwhat's next
>>285656479If you simply zoom in far enough you can't tell he's utterly lost any grasp of anatomy.
>>285659648This was fucking dogshit.
Yup.
>>285659391Katsumi, the king of self-humilation.
What was the point of this bullying?
Someone get Itagaki a brain scan I think he caught Toriyama's brain tumor
>>285659543Modern Suedo is so fucking ugly.
>>285659195I DONT GET IT FUCKING FUCK
Wait, why is it a point to knee Katsumi in the balls? That would be illegal anywhere that isn't the Underground Arena, and this is a lesson meant for the normie students who are never going to make it there
>>285660549You're never gonna make it bro...
>>285660658The Shinshinkai is a Mcdojo
>>285659362This was so fucking funny I burst out laughing. Guys how do I explain to my coworkers why I just started belly laughing in a conference call?
You can tell the exact moment during the sumo tournament where Itagaki fully gave up and stopped caring.
>>285659648This was a beautiful mini-story. The lessons that I've learned for Toadochi have helped me in my personal life and I eagerly look forward towards applying this week's lesson in my daily routines!
>months wait to see Doppo sexually harass his sonWas it worth it?
>>285660941Seeing a straight character acting fruity in combat is always worth it.
>>285660941YesStop asking stupid questions
>>285659543>playing around with his son>bullyingnahhis son got off scott free
>>285659415>>285659391I love doppo
>>285659454where's the fucking frieza edit
>>285660855Show your colleagues and await your promotion.
>>285660658Plenty of martial arts teach groin strikes, they also teach it in the army.Using it in a tournament of course is another thing, but at that point you're already talking about sports.
>>285661121thisgoing for the balls is considered dishonorable because there's basically no defense against ityou hit a dude in the sack and he's gonna hit the mat
>>285659437when did he get this far is this a dream sequence. Am i dreaming IRL
>>285653525>baki's art is shitIs this some kind of startling discovery for you? It's always looked terrible and people handwave it away as >exaggeration
>>285661196well it doesn't work on Doppo.
>>285661196>there's basically no defense against itNot in the Bakiverse. There's that okinawan technique that lets you retract your balls. Doppo mastered it.Has a kick in the balls ended a fight in Baki? Either way, it's usually "anything goes in a streetfight".
>>285659391MUSHASHI'S IMAGINATION SLASH DIRECTLY TO THE GONADS....I'm sorry i've ever doubted you, Doppo.
>>285660888I think after he got his nationalistic spite MUs with the Sumos against the MMA guys he was done, he didn't give a shit about anything else he just wanted to be petty that Sumos lose in MMA
>>285659891If you get it, then you've got it
>>285661556I think in one of the rikishi fights in sumo dou it did? Might have been Doppo's fight actually, I'd have to go and check that.Speaking of, he did purposefully crush a guy's right nut in an underground fight in the gaiden.
>>285659362For some weird reason, to me this feels like a callback to the first chapter where Doppo punches Baki to test him, and Baki just leans back and gives his fist a gentle kiss.I feel like that is a very underrated Baki moment, it's both weird/funny, but also subtly clever.Still what the fuck Doppo stop licking Restu's hand.
>>285661556>Has a kick in the balls ended a fight in Baki?A flick to the balls is what Kaku used against the really tall guy.
>>285659648Fucking hillarious. Genuinely laughed my ass off reading this.
Another fag gets eaten.
Watch this be a setup to absolutely nothing and Jack has a rematch with Sikorsky next chappy.
>>285662066I would kneel.
>>285662066Why? He already 'beat' Sikorsky, Gaia was just a cherry on top to traumatize him. He has no reason to fight him. Nor does Sikorsky even.If he's going to fight anyone he's already fought it's Motobe.
>>285662066Agree with >>285662284, but I'd take Sikorsky coming back either way.
>>285653525That cover looks so anatomically incorrect
>>285656479>Fatki
>>285659362Amazing.
>>285659648This is what baki readers deserve. Nothing happening for how many episodes now. Eat shit you morons
>>285663502Why are you so upset?
>>285663502I enjoyed this chapter, but I do not get why you are so tribalistic about Baki.
>Baki rahen>it's actually a series about Baki side charactersShibukawa bros, are we FINALLY getting some arc for our boy?>tfw the only character in the Baki gang to have never ever gotten a spin off or a powerup
>>285663795He does not need a powerup.
>>285661208t. artletIf you actually read anything from Itagaki you'd know he's perfectly capable drawing normal human anatomy and that he intentionally distorts proportions for the main cast and antagonists to give the impression that they're abnormal. Fights and characters in Baki wouldn't have the same visual impact otherwise, but if you have an issue with it there are tons of other generic looking manga for you to lap if you can't stand anything but the safest of artstyles.
>>285663795>>285663908With or without a powerup I just want to see more of him being a cheeky cunt
>>285664079Nice cope
>>285664090Fair enough, I agree with you.
>>285659362Frogppo is really a thing...
>>285659648This man is the future of karate by the way.
>>285664090I wanna see oral sex for the sake of pleasure
>>285653525Releases are way too fucking slow seriously whats happening
>>285660658shinshinkai are the real deal, and understand that tournaments are just advertising and practice.
tips on frogmaxxing like Doppo?
>>285665066Itagaki is getting old. Plus, he needs time to think of any resemblance of a plot.>>285665178Adopt a chinese circus kid, then suck his fingers.
>>285665066itagaki has long since realized the standard release schedule is bullshit, and has the clout to take a break whenever the fuck he wants.
>>285659474>licks you>taps your nuts>screams like an autistThis is the pinnacle of martial arts
>>285664158That' what you do
>>285655299He's extremely good at drawing weight and impact but his anatomy has always been sus in various ways
>>285665303Its purpousefuly exaggerated and you can only do it well
>>285659224why doesnt he just fight yujiro then?
>>285665607He did.
>>285665607I don't think we're ready for two eyepatches Doppo
>>285659362fucking kekhaven't laughed this hard in a while
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>>285666786kek
>>285666786Peak of martial arts
>>285659362>
>training at Shinshinkai dojo, actually made a lot of progress and performing well at tournament>get invited at a practice session with *the* Doppo Orochi>holy shit, time to see how I measure>he teleports behind me and takes me down in a hit>does it three times>then he has gay sex with his son in the middle of the dojo>leaves>I still don't know how he fucking teleports>mfw half of my salary is paid on dojo fees
>I teleport by...just teleproting ok???I'm going to strangle Itagaki
>>285667212you'd get it if you just got itgit gud
Jojo is metrosexual with fashion.Baki is homosexual with piss.Learn the difference, it can save your life!
>People pay Doppo for this
>>285667311baki isn't homosexual at all. it's just extremely homoerotic.
>>285667651aye, fair enough
>>285659648Bring back Sumo
>>285668234next basho is in march. if hosh and ono don't step up, we'll be seeing gaijin whiteman yokozuna.
>>285667311
What did doppo mean by this?
>>285659648Thanks for this amazing fight, Itagaki.You showed how great Katsumi turned out to be.Him learning the mach lunch, and getting Retsus arm really paid off
>>285670902>lunchPunch
>>285659362Itagaki has done it again
>>285661556Baki nutshotted loads of people. He beat Ali and Musashi in like 3 seconds.
>>285671370Katou too
>Jobsumi negadiffed in a picosecond to give Doppo a speed featBruh, our guy is NOT fighting Jack
Yerp
Predictions on what we're getting next?
>>285673224Jack walking through the street chappy.
>>285673224Jack watching a woman escape being raped by biting off her assailant's cock, and Jack realizing biting is actually a woman's martial art.
>>285673224Chiharu vs Doppo. We'll see how well he does against someone who isn't afraid of a nutshot and who won't basedwojak at techniques.
Katsumi is the only Baki character is that is growing weaker over time.
>>285673224Doppo is being glazed before a fight with Jack, it’s obvious
>>285673224Jack who backed away from having his ear nibbledvsKatsumi who backed away after his finger got licked
>>285673224Hopefully something that isn't complete dogshit.
solid chapter, my expectations were subverted. This might already be better than sumo arc
>>285675019Katsumi jobbing subverted your expectations?
>>285674271Not “weaker”, just “stronger” at a slower “rate”…
>>285659362>Doppo licks Retsu's hand>Retsu, depicted as a rough and tumble youth in his backstory, definitely masturbated at least once before learning of ancient semen retention kung fu
>>285675331Would tongue-sucking really defeat an enemy in real life?
>>285675463I used it to defeat your mom last night and this morning
>>285675483get offa mah /a/ Dad you LITERALLY told me asuka>rei you have shit taste no wonder you married Mom I HATE YOU DAD YOU PIECE OF POOP
>>285675019>my expectations were subverted>He didn't expect frog karateYou're still green
>>285675569It subverted my expectations because I thought Katsumi would perform a technique thinking he understands Doppo's "phasing/invisibility" maneuver, only to get his prostate tickled when his father mystically appears behind him. Getting his finger licked wasn't anywhere on my bingo card.
>>2856593624000 years defeated....
Retsu rolling in his isekai right now
>>285668271He seriously needs to make up a non-retarded plan to beat Onosato, and if we're lucky either of the current zuna's to stub their toe on the way out the dressing room to have a solid chance at white boy yokozuna. Only real worry I have in his regard is people managing to actually and properly figure him out, but he's been shown to be rather flexible in his own sumo, so who knows.
>>285675639Doppo is so strong he can break minds across dimensions...Beautiful...
>>285667442*KatsumiDoppo left the business after the Maximum tourney remember? He just pops in whenever he feels like to bully the students or when he feels like sitting at Katsumi's desk. You think when he needs to buy camping supplies he asks the dojo to wire him a couple grand?
OK hes just shitposting at this point
>first uses Retsu's hand to grab sumo's balls>now lets Doppo lick itThe fuck is wrong with Katsumi? I bet Retsu regrets giving it to him.
>>285675331is this the famed imaginary penetration?
>>285665303>He's extremely good at drawing weight and impact but his anatomy has always been sus in various waysHe's good at drawing weight and impact BECAUSE his anatomy is sus. 90% of the "weight and impact" is exaggerated combinations of flexed, limp, stretched or bent body parts. The anatomy is twisted to highlight that dynamism.
>>285659362>>285659391>>285659415Doppofags can't stop winning.
The only way to win that exchange is to get an erection
>>285671370Oh it definitely happens. It's just rarely "kick in the balls -> end of fight".Baki struck Musashi in his gonads, and interestingly, Musashi claims that if Baki had kicked from below instead, that would've decided the fight. Yujiro also kicked Musashi in the balls, but it's hard to say whether that'd be considered fight-ending because Musashi stood up, but Yujiro also didn't take any chance to end it while he was downed.
>>285679463That's assuming you can tank Doppo's footjob techinque.
>>285665303Itagaki is amazing at anatomy he just chooses to break the rules for stylistic reasons
>>285659362>>285659391Fucking kek. Reminds me of Oribe vs. Munenori.
>>285673224Kozue returns from her years of training in the mountains
Retsumi archivements so far:>jobbing to some sumo dude>getting utterly humiliated by Doppo
>>285653525Baki is truly shit. I don't understand how can anyone like this.>>285664079Absurd amounts of cope.Kengan Ashura is what Baki would be if it were good.
I think it's kind of neat how "prime" doesn't exist in this setting. Doppo should be far past his peak, but he's actually the strongest now he's ever been. I think it's a reflection of Itagaki himself, who is physically far past his prime, but is still making great stuff.
>trying to turn bakifags and kenganfags against each other with this shit ass bait"We" are all "me", bait-kun.
>>285680593Didn't he beat up the sumo guy and only forfeited when he was about to kick his head off?
>>285680758In universe it's been less than a year since Doppo said he was in his prime
>>285680844I mean the Sumos were acting like tough shit even after losing two matches already at that point so they needed the reality check
>>285680593So long as Doppo continues existing Kasumi will forever be #2. They're practically the jobber family next to the Hanmas, just need a third unwanted child to even things out
>>285667212What explanation did you expect?
>>285681231What chapter was that again? I distinctly remember him saying "this is the last year that I'm going to be in my prime".
>>285681386Remember when Doppo hyped up Katsumi by saying he was stronger than him?
>>285681596Doppo has been in the last year of his prime since he had two eyes
>>285681631He is. If this was a real fight Katsumi would've won
>>285681631>Katsumi is hyped as someone that could even rival Baki>Soundly beats a Yasha Ape while Baki initially struggled >Gets love tapped by Retsu>Baki goes on to break Retsus neckKatsumi stops being cool around here
>>285681631And then in the same tourney Katsumi admits to himself that Doppo is still better than him despite that I can't believe after 20 years he's still recovering from that.. Hey maybe Katsumi will get a moment after all the other characters. He can beat up the supreme special needs version of Dorian in the continuation of revenge part 2 whenever that happens.
>>285682020Katsumi surpassed Doppo in the Pickle Arc
>>285682019Remember when they hyped up Hanada as Baki's rival
>>285682176He was also armless and out of any fights until sumo dou, that somewhat sours how readers might look at him. And the fact that his new arm is Retsu's and he can channel his Chinese powers is a bit... amusing without necessarily having the cool factor other characters have.
I still don’t understand if Itagaki is pro doping or not. It seemed he used to advocate for working hard and surpassing human limits that way but Rahen has him saying Jack is right and you should get strong by any means necessary even if that means doping.
>>285682204Doppo was also out of fights I until sumo dou for even longer than Katsumi unless you want to count him getting negdiffed by Musashi as a "fight"
>>285682239doubt it. japanese are pretty anti doping, and the strongest characters dont dope. probably just recognises the very real fact that an advantage can be gained from it.
>>285682239but what if... now I ain't saying nothing, but just hear me out. what if...you could write a character to believe and say things you don't personally agree with
>>285682203Rivals don't really exist in Baki>Hanada is Baki's rival but gets fucked into oblivion by Toba>Katsumi is Baki's rival but gets worked by Retsu in under 5 seconds>Ali Jr is Baki's rival but gets cleaned up so thoroughly he exits the story foreverAnd then you have the #2's to Yujiro like Gaia and Oliva who both become fodder after Baki beats them. Every time there's someone who could be suggested as taking on a Hanma that rumor gets doused almost immediately
>>285682334I'd say Jack is Baki's rival desu. He can probably put up a fight still like the Maximum Tournament and that's what Rahen is building up towards
>>285682242It counts, also Doppo is already cool regardless of frog transformation .
>>285682326Itagaki uses the characters to voice his own beliefs.
>>285682334>the #2's to Yujiro like GaiaI didn't believe that for a second. Strydum was just full of shit.
>>285682484It probably was true at one point but it was also stated back then that Yujiro is constantly improving and getting stronger exponentially
>>285659437LOW>>285659454TIER>>285659474GOD
>>285673224Either Robots or CyborgsCome on Itagaki, you know you want to do it. You're already old and senile, do not go gentle into that good night, go balls to the wall crazy one last time
>>285682569Silly Anon, Jack is a cyborg!
So my time was wasted, nothing happened, and I am supposed to be thankful, as if this chapter's simple existence were good enough a deliverance to be it's own reward?
>>285682626Back to Frieren threads, pleb
>>285682626yes
>>285673224Yujiro walking chapter
>>285682569Five person mech suit vs one person mech suit
>>285682484Strydum lied because he wanted to see what Baki would do to a guy with a mental disorder induced from heavy trauma. What a champGaia was just some Edo Larpers jujutsu student who saw the horrors of war and it fucked him up so hard it made him good at killing>>285682626I haven't read a single Baki chapter since last year. I haven't even read the one dumped here, I'm gonna wait half a year till there's been substantial progression made to start reading again
>>285682626You are not "supposed to be thankful". No one is forcing you to read this.
>>285681846>trusting wfslopI bet he doesn't actually say that.
>>285682966Quickly someone translate the uncleaned kanji poking out under the english text
>>285682692>>285682610I was thinking more of a Boston Dynamics expy robots going haywire (obviously a Tokugawa investment going bad again) and the Baki gang facing them and musing the superiority of trained muscles and spirit over cold circuits and metal
>>285655299>he's a master of anatomy>proceeds to draw hideous malformed humanwhat good is being good at anatomy then?
>>285683111Every anime artist does that and they aren't even anatomy masters
>>285683111Because it lets you know how to properly deform anatomy. There is a difference between drawing nonsense anatomy, and drawing correct anatomy but distorted.
>>285680701> Kengan Ashura is what Baki would be if it were goodand here we go. I wonder when those kind of newfaggot retards would appear with the comparisons when the daily chapter started. May as well compare baki to JJK as well
>>285678703Doppo was the CEO of the largest martial arts organization in Japan for ten years before handing over to Katsumi.He probably has millions of dollars in his savings.
>>285685878>Nearly every Fighter either inherited their wealth like Baki, Hanayama or Katsumi or has a job that pays extremely well like Doppo and Oliva or they're Yujiro and do whatever they want>Meanwhile Jack is living in an apartment somewhere in Japan and it doesn't even look very cleanI guess Jack saves his money for all the steroids and good steak because having 'a' roof over his head is good enough for him, not like Baki is living like a King either despite his wealth
Um... Yeah.Okay.Can we go back to Jack now?
>>285686445Speaking of, where did Jack get his drugs, again? As I recall, the professor that developed them offed himself, did he not?Did he sell his patents or something?
>>285686905Iirc Jack managed to cook up a similar/better brew?
Could jack beat oliva or sea emperor kaku at this point? Not going to lie jack suddenly improving enough to beat pikcle still feels like bullshit, he always bites his opponents since his introduction, so why is that now treated like a new incredible tecnique?.Would be neat if we didnt saw jack in part 4 at all and he was training and learning new tecniques in his few cameos but nope! instead he just gets another surgery to make himself taller and now fights like an idiot just using his metal teeth more while getting slapped by hanayama, jack feels weaker now and yet the story tells me he is stronger now than by doing the exact same thing he always does but in a worse way.
>>285686445It was stated that Yujiro worked as a mercenary, so he was probably able to save up a lot of money.his wife was also a billionaire, so there's also that.Jack is a strange case because, there actually is no explanation for where he gets his money from.
So Jack vs Doppo next, right? All the Doppo wank chapters wouldn't make sense otherwise.
>>285687743Next we get Shibukawa going for a walk (afterwards Jack fights Gaia and we don't see Doppo again until the next manga).
>>285687504>he always bites his opponents since his introduction, so why is that now treated like a new incredible tecnique?.Jack was just biting people, now he's attempting to combo it in between his punches and kicks. When he's not doing that he's getting half his face torn off, humiliated by Motobe or getting "lil bro'd" by Hanayama and with Hanayama he wasn't entirely taking him seriously so Hanayama bullied him>he just gets another surgery to make himself taller Yujiro explains the advantages of getting taller and why it's right up Jacks alley to do so>jack feels weaker now and yet the story tells me he is stronger now He's far stronger but less steeled than he thinks he is. It's why he can low-diff Pickle but freak out when Kosho nibbles on his ear or when Hanayama rips his skin off. He can perform a mean german-suplex but he can't take getting his own skin and muscle torn off despite doing the same thing by biting people
>>285687504>so why is that now treated like a new incredible tecnique?Because his biting is more advanced now, I think it's best displayed during his fight with SukuneAlso didn't you see that coin trick? It's like Hanayama but better, Jack folded that coin like 2 times.
>>285687672>probably able to save up a lot of moneyYujiro meets Emi because he's accumulated so much wealth from being a murderer that he walks in the social circles of nobles and princes. Even if Emi hadn't inherited the business, Yujiro would still be swimming in insane amounts of money due to his strength and notoriety.
>>2856895589
I look like this IRL
>>2856895587 if i would like to listen to those 2 about their way of life, 9 since olive since like a charming guy if you dont get to his bad side.1 or 2 because i think it would be extremely funny to sit next to him without talking or aknowledge him at all, yuujiro would be just seething the entire time and i wouldnt do amything to piss him off or interact with him.
>>285682530joj
>>285659425No shit. That's his crew of assistants. It was always there.
>>285655299Baki has a t rex arm in the literal image you posted. I like a lot of Itagaki's art but anatomy has never been his strength.
>>285689828Why do you think you would be capable of not acknowledging Yujiro next to you?
>>285680758Reading earlier chapters of the manga, it's pretty clear that Itagaki was planning to have Doppo retire or at least be surpassed by Katsumi initially. He just ended up realizing that he enjoys writing Doppo fights way more, so Doppo remained the more relevant character.
>>285682239If there is any central thesis to Baki it's that there are many different paths to strength as long as you are dedicated to them. Jack and his steroid abuse are not treated as being more or less effective than Hanayama never training, both work because of each character being completely dedicated to it without compromise.
>>285685797JJK has better fights, I'll give you that.
>>285687504He'd probably beat Oliva. Kaku is a toss up, he still feels like he's above Jack but at the same time biting does kinda hard counter his whole style.
Frankly I can’t imagine Jack losing to anyone in the current cast except for Baki or Yujiro. Even Musashi would be a close fight.
>>285659648I'm so ashamed bros.... I underestimated karate.......
>>285690872This is a good way to put it. Itagaki's main point is that you need to be genuine and true to yourself, a motto every relevant character adheres to.
>>285687504Kaku is hard to place because he never fights, but even momentarily inconveniencing Yujiro is a great feat.>OlivaI feel he hasn't been a serious threat since Baki beat him. Before that he was bullet proof and too strong. He was like proto pickle he beat people up with no technique and could do masters if he actually bothered to learn. Jack would destroy him nowadays.
>>285690423One is a single page in a chapter, the other is a 35th anniversary promotion.
